Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-04
YESTERDAY In CONGRESS-.
Senators to Examine Into the business
Methods OF the Departments.
W,ouISprnN Morcb The and nf tho

Methods OF the Departments
WASHINGTON, March 3.-The end of the
Forty-ninth Congress is in sight.
And the last legislative day commenced
in the Senate.
The rushing process was continued in
both branches OF Congress to-day. The
Senate reassembled rs i'll continuation Of
Yesterdays session at ~ a. Ill.
Messages from the President were laid
before the Senate in reply To resolutions
heretofore adopted, one as to the terms on
which cable companies had been permitted
TO land their cables on American shores
and rs TO their contracts with each other
and with telegraph companies; the second
as to the service Of Count Pulaski i'll the
war of the Revolution The latter was ac-
cOmpanied by reports from the Secretaries
of State, Treasury and War. Laid on the
table and ordered printed.
Mr.. Edmunds withdrew his motion to
reconsider the vote whereby the Senate, a
few days since, passed the House bill to
confirm to Emile Guerin and CheTl 7.
Major title to certain lands in Point COu-
pee parish, Louisiana. The bill Is there
fore passed.
A message from the House announcing
non-cOncurrence in theSenate amendmt nts
to the Naval Appropriation bill was pre-
sented and conference was ordered
Messrs. Hale, Allison. and Beck were ap-
pointed cOnieTees. =
On motion of Mr.. Dawes, the House bill
for the relief of Vim. NJ. Morrison, of West
Virginia, 10 pay 81, 800 for Indian supplies,
was taken from the calendar and passed.
At Il few moments before II o'clock the
Senate closed the legislative day OF Wcdnrs-
day by adjournment; and at opened the
last legislative day of the Forty ninth Con
grCss when prayer was offered by the
Chaplain.
The resolution offered yesterday hy Mr..
COcETell for = select committee OF five
Senator's TO examine into the business
methods OF the Executive departments in
Washington; the causes Of delay in the
transaction of public business; as TO the
necessity for additional buil dings, etc, was
taken up.
Mr.. Vest opposed the resolution rs en-
uTely unnecessary. The Senate had reg
ular standing committee to examine into
the different branches Of the public ser
vice committee established for the
specific purpose of finding ont the very
things proposed in the resolution and had
also a regular Committee on Public Build
ings.
Mr.. Van Wyck offered an amendment to
add the words: "And also to the causes
of delay in transIcting other business in
Congress" Senators did not know that
there was any delay in the departments;
but they did know that there was delay,
criminal delay in Congress. The
amendment was rejected.
Mr. Morrill, moved To strike out the paIt
of the resolution relating to public build
ingS. Rejected.
The resolution was then agreed 10.
The conference report on the House bill
authorizing the employment Of male mes
sengers in the postal service, was made
and cOucurred in.
The Senate then, at ll:3O, proceeded To
the consideration Of the Legislative, EX-
ecutive and Judicial Appropriation bill,
voting on the amendments recommended
by the Committee on Appropriations as
they were reached.
At 2:15 p. III. the Senate passed the
Legislative bill.
OVER The VETO.
The conference report upon the b;!l 10
provide tOr bringing such against the
United States, was made and agreed to-.
Mr.. Sherman called up the vetoed bill for
4 public building at Dayton, Ohio, and it
was passed over the vcto.-39 TO II.
The vetoed bill for a public building at
Sioux City, Iowa, was passed over tho veto
IS to l..
The vetoed bill for public building at
Lafayette Ind, was passed over the veto